The patch titled
Subject: initramfs: use kstrtobool() instead of strtobool()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
initramfs-use-kstrtobool-instead-of-strtobool.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/initramfs-use-kstrtobool-instead-of-strtobool.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: initramfs: use kstrtobool() instead of strtobool()
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:21:38 +0100
strtobool() is the same as kstrtobool(). However, the latter is more used
within the kernel.
In order to remove strtobool() and slightly simplify kstrtox.h, switch to
the other function name.
While at it, include the corresponding header file (<linux/kstrtox.h>)
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2597e80cb7059ec6ad63a01b77d7c944dcc99195.1673716768.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Disseldorp <ddiss@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: wuchi <wuchi.zero@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: XU pengfei <xupengfei@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/init/initramfs.c~initramfs-use-kstrtobool-instead-of-strtobool
+++ a/init/initramfs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/syscalls.h>
#include <linux/utime.h>
#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -571,8 +572,7 @@ __setup("keepinitrd", keepinitrd_setup);
static bool __initdata initramfs_async = true;
static int __init initramfs_async_setup(char *str)
{
- strtobool(str, &initramfs_async);
- return 1;
+ return kstrtobool(str, &initramfs_async) == 0;
}
__setup("initramfs_async=", initramfs_async_setup);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx are
initramfs-use-kstrtobool-instead-of-strtobool.patch
